Device for hulling peas, peeling fruits and vegetables, etc.



March 22, 1932. E. MINOR 1,850,940

DEVICE FOR HULLING PEAS, FEELING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, ETC

Filed Nov. 5, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Qwventoziatiocuc-qo.

March 22, 1932. E. 1.. MINOR 1,850,940

DEVICE FOR HULLING F EAS, FEELING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, ETC

Filed Nov. 3. 1928 Z SheetS-Sheet 2 gwvewtoz Pgtented Mar. 22, 1932 iEDWASBD' 11., MIN R} or ilivehtidn relat'e a Vi ce s for pea s nd othei' legiimi'nous foodproducegpar as W ll iiig 'or s'era ping fruitsand vegetables,

as "ethei'wigei pi eparingg eh. articles fo'ol '13: f rhoki he p bi q yiy t n'i td prqv de eyice; for, p nveni n elin prepai in ff pit a dave'g'able f g that *i ed or edible pert'off-thefleg me w u pe dobked 'tdheIntjre savory, 111i the usu l per t n hmdft heilegume is spl'itt'o'eeexpose thefseed'si usuallj hy breaking the pod Or splitting-ii;

- w h t ethnmbfnai s, nd s he egum i on-f tj-aiiis acid; iii stains,the'nails lo'f' the hands and. 20

theetieraiiijI i'isa'te'dious nie'thqdi of removing theseesi fi e d-feid i i an mp r a 9-2.,

"iidt only facili ijateihe' werk pf releasing V Lh-e seeds from thelegumes 01- po'ds but alsg puncture or split the seeds so that-theseasoii-f, ing and liquor' will penetrate fche eenter for. thoroughlycooki ig-the same. I

Withflthe'se pi'lncipal 'ebjects'in View}, my

in vehtipn 'consistsf in, iovidihg a device o r devieesithat' canbe'eas'i y manipulated in pre' pai'ing .fi'uits andvegetables forcooking, etcl,

3,11 'asjhereiliafter fully. described and specifi cally claimed. e r fI thedrawings:

igure .1 is a side elevation showing the prefe "'redf fbrmpbf myinvention and ifis apk p i 'at b i fi hu in yp s, r w tig he Fig;i'isiie'a view ofthcuttingj a or disk used in cq l eetigI with theg'rbo'vedl wheel.

Fig. 5 is a deteil X iew of the rod brpin used in splittingthe pod andseeds.

will i161; onlyfzicilitzifie thelopeiatibn but falsq prepareflegun inoils food prdduct s, as peas -v alndheni; ind pa fticlila'rmannerSUtha'ti the r of hulliiig' Pe li e v v 1 consists of'a tubeli adaptedto fitpverieither; V 7 end of the handle V Vided withflaring blalde-likemembers 15 and I on gl bbv iliivhei useld in .poiineetioniwih' thehandle; shown in Fig. 6 vis a detail View hereinafter i eferred" l r a-ilgement "eff the'de'vice sh'o wn in ig'. l fcfi r ",IfmiwIcEiwok-Humme-rnhs rfiinmqirnums AI IIb VYE GETA BLEQEflfO, 1. I

mpim afiruiwsi ndsze e l s; n v -v Fig;9fis an edgeiview sh w'i g'afurther, f

m d fiafibnn m -i n bm; i I. "L kef (numerals of grefere Ce indicatelike "In arry 101 7 y 's nv n ionrl' provide a an] attachment to iilileflnbd fruits and vegetables. ,l v A 1 r 1 The pieferredgferm of theattachment used and 8', being desigried forig 'iding thi legume .PQ 1 gthe QP m iOn 1 f Sa d pin i splittingjthe pod and puncturing {the skinof, the peasjbrqseeds 'so that' they willibe p bp'erl'y cooked; and s6that "said holding or guiding attachment 1 mayv be useful 7 1 scrapingfruits-and, v g t e 1t and 1 at its outer end p -Q;

16' substantially rec tgtngulai shape with 15eaS'fiheieg 1me-0r pod 17will pas's ibetween the pin' which projects from'th'e' haiidlefwill 18L"Thefin'emhers "15 and "16 are f ormed 'afi thei bif r ated c'm g pbr n aw y,

fr m eh lth awn n l t e ie l hew of 31'6" jbeni outwardly to providetheawhe' g i u t ed iabrupflya idj i on t me pt ex i tan pro ng,knif iegeslii ,1 f: whereby wh the'devle 'is used forfshel lihg the lainirinerfsides of sai d meinb'rs whilei I as shown in Fig. 8, in whichjtheouter por tion of the tube 19 isv brought togetherto provide afiatshankfQO from which the blade like members 21 and 22 formed byslittingthe outer end of the tube project at oppositeangles,.., 'n thisins aa ealso pre enti g inn surfaces between which the pod is passedseas tofbe slit by the pin 13projectingfrom the handle 10 on whichthetube is mounted.

I also provide for shelling peasby in'ea'ns of the attachment shown inthe drawings and consisting of a wheel: 23 having [a groovedperipherywithfa'circular lzni'fe-edge 24 at thecenter thereof, saidwheel being mad'e 'up qffl e ltp at s F25 a 1126c mp'e atv p P1 sides joii, the lmife-e'dged vwd-iskjQl' by means jof afbushing 23a at thecenter, the opening through s'aidbushing receiving the; outer endofthehandle so that the grooved Wheel may revolve thereon; Asiwill -bejnoted the outer edges lofgthe inetajl plates 25andf 26 are bentoutwardly from 'the knife-edgeddisk so that the inner "sides of theouter portions of "said plates lwillengag e and guide the p od asthewheel, is: moved over the same for the actio of the disk in splittingthe pod, in this press enhinsta s the po e gfsurfac s s'teadof beingplain are for-med by slitting the plates inwardly from their outer edgesand bending the peripheral portions 27'so formed v slight angle soa'sjtopractically overlap eachfloth er" at theinwljQii ing edges,providing serrations wl ijch' engage the pod andiifeed it along for theaction ofthe knifedg d i g. .7 t H o i have showna device 29 forrippinjgjand cutting, in which one endis beveled th p'rov'ide 'a'shar'p'point for various uses in preparing fruits and vegetables,f suchas mp'vingeyes from potatoes", and as shown poses. V v y I Imthe,operation of the device, as illustratedjinQEigJI the tube is adjustedonfthe handlefso' that the pin will project between;

the guide nieinbe'rs15 andl6 to the desired eXtentior splitting the podspassed between said, membersfand as the latter are of springnietaljth'eyiwillyieldto' accommodate any i ia iitd ii ls lim a a d eher P111.

to make them more savory. It will be obvious therefore that this devicenot only facilitates the operation of shelling peas and splitting thepods of other legumes but also prepares the edible parts for moreefficient cooking ofthesame. PracticaIlvthe same results are obtained byusin'gf tih jgrooved wheel 23 having the ciroularcuttingdisk 24:,

and in this instance the staggered edges of i the opposite rims otthewwheeli served to iced the f pod as. it; is :out; by the knife-edge.A single wheel mounted on the end of the handle (Fig. 9) 'ca-n be usedirithis-opefition, or

i1. C eVi earuSQ in prepa'ingirnitsand ve e abl s. Qiil i e 0min? ndle"a be. n idableg .en ae mentf. h i and mm r ipi qi ti. ,IfIO Qne d' i bianahav neth i x bent ul {1 ,31 we f id' qpfQvifisQt PmL;

' 595 A e e a g l e in-Pnep rina ruits, and vegetables for" king; fete;cqm r ijsirj ja han lea tubejm l bl, ngag th amalgamentirtanglilarliaped m mber pr iti i 11tmrfl1 l 'i ii i e ionsifrd n heouter nd'jfdf he, w th th BQ'UQSAUJIBTQHWIT nqrtiq Qf ud members turnedabru 'tly' to "one vide scraping edges. i

A evis fe lus n repa in ruifisa-n b s" e fi b'oki eg tfq-g" chm handle,a tube in 's'l able engag'ein w th V the handle and haviifg the outer Itherespli ppq iti's e to f rmi It? i :mem ers;asawee th; ,f im dia sidof the enter edges of one of themembeis, n f -ed e f rmed, 9-1 h Out r.edgesn i-t other member with the" inner portions of the m mber this tiprqvid vres l e ny Q 'lt scraper -"T a EDWARD L. MI-Non j

